Casper,

Thanks. i agree, it is best not to shoot jacketed bullets in old black powder rifles.

I asked about the bullet because I had read an article about talikng a .500 black powder express to hunt buffalo. The author shot the buffalo several times and later said that he felt that the .500 BPE was too iffy for buffalo. I believe that he was using paper patched soft lead bullets. I thought that a hard cast lead bullet would habve been a better choice.